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CDC Data Goes Dark Jul 16, 2020

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This week, the Trump administration mandated that hospitals no longer send their data to the CDC, and the public appears to have lost access to key data. Alexis Madrigal, staff writer and co-founder of The Atlantic’s COVID Tracking Project, joins to explain what happened and why it matters as states seek to reopen.

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Is it Safe To Fly? Jul 15, 2020

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Jim answers a listener question about plane flights. Katherine peppers him with hypotheticals. Jim unfurls a bad metaphor, again.

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Our Deadliest Pandemic Mistake Jul 13, 2020

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Over 40 percent of all coronavirus deaths in America have been linked to nursing homes. How did it happen, and how bad could it get? Staff writer Olga Khazan joins to explain.

Read her piece on nursing homes here, and Jim's piece on herd immunity here.

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What Will It Take To Get To Herd Immunity? Jul 10, 2020

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How does this end? Absent a treatment or vaccine, coronavirus won’t stop spreading until we reach herd immunity. But what is it?

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The Sun Belt Spike Jul 08, 2020

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What does the surge in cases in the south and west mean for the country’s chances of containing the pandemic? Staff writer Alexis Madrigal explains.

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The Stock Market is... Up? Jul 06, 2020

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Why Wall Street's doing great while everything else is not

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Why the World Can’t Reopen If Schools Can’t Jul 03, 2020

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Many plans for school reopenings involve a mix of online and in-person instruction. That could have huge downstream effects on a workforce that can’t rely on children being in or out of school. Staff writer Helen Lewis shares a solution that’s too logical to actually happen.

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How the Coronavirus Affects Kids Jul 01, 2020

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The latest on a mysterious syndrome hitting kids — and what it means for schools.

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How Is College Going To Work? Jun 29, 2020

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Colleges and universities pack students into dorms, classrooms, and parties. Now they have to figure out how to do that in a pandemic. Staff writer Adam Harris joins to discuss what they’re planning for the fall.

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The Ethical Calculus of Reopening Jun 26, 2020

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Cases are on the rise in twenty-five states. A vaccine is, for now, a distant dream. How do we negotiate the ethical trade-offs of the deaths to come in the meantime? Dr. Lydia Dugdale, medical ethicist and author of The Lost Art of Dying, joins to discuss.

Note: this episode was recorded on June 23rd, 2020. All numbers mentioned were accurate for that date.

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